My own personal ranking of these items in order of necessity: 1)cell phone 2) Computer…preferably laptop 3)internet 4)car 5)air-conditioning

There’s some leeway in there, as having laptop, I could leave my house and go to where there is an internet connection and airconditioning, but I might need a car to do that, so maybe I should flip 3 and 4. It gets pretty hot here–the summer I went without A.C. I could barely sleep at night after a while. But I think I would still put it last.

I think it was the guy in Snow Crash who lived in a public storage space, but had this very souped up online existence. I can relate to that.

For me, all forms of hi-tech washing fall far behind, which says something about my priorities though I admit I would be less cavalier about giving up public laundry facilities (which I travel to in my car) as if the choice were to send me back to the washboard, I can see how that would be more of a hardship.

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Hmm…I don’t have a car, microwave, washer, dryer, dishwasher, high-speed internet, flat-screen TV, or ipod, so I guess I can’t call them necessities. I have cable, but only because it’s included in my rent, and while I like it, I wouldn’t pay for it. Air conditioning and cell phones–yes, those are necessities. I never thought laptops were a necessity until I got one, and now, yes, it’s right up there with oxygen.